Sad-iron rest



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I. A. STEWART.

SAD IRON REST.

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` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC A. STEWART, OF MOUNT VERNON, KENTUCKY.

SAD-IRON REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,621, dated October25, 1881.

Application filed July 8, 1881.

'I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableother's skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters or igures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in rests or supports for sad oriiat irons, to enable them to be heated at common open grates or stoveswithout smoking or soiling them; and it consists in constructing asquare, rectangular, or other shaped metallic plate provided withopenings to allow the passage through of the ashes, &c., which mayaccidentally fall thereonwhen suspended in front of an open grate, and ahandle and hooks or catches to attach the device to the front of a stoveor grate, thus keeping it in a horizontal position and out of the smokeand iiame; and it further consists in providing a flange or rim runningaround the front and endsof the rest or holder, to prevent the ironsslipping off of the said rest or holderwhen, by accident or design, thesaine maybe tilted or inclined in any direction.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts in the several figures, Figure 1 represents a planview of the rest with its attachments. Fig. 2 shows a sectional view ofa grate with the attachment, and Fig. 3 is oneof the hookbars and hooksdetached.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomanufacture and operate it, I will brieiiy describe its construction andoperation.

I construct a plate, A, of iron, steel, or other suitable metal, whichmay be rectangular, square, oval, or of any other shape. This is madelarge enough to contain two or more sadirons. Attached to the back ofthis plate, and rising perpendicularly from it, are two uprighthook-bars, C C, terminating in the hooks B B. These are usually aboutsix inches long, and

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are intended to hook over the top bar of the grate or upper surface of astove to hold the plate A level and close to the front of the grate ortire. The plate A may also be made of wire, and in any case is intendedto have openings through it to allow ashes to drop down, or the heatfrom below to rise and reach the irons, so that they may have thebeneiit of the ascending as well as the lateral heat. On the front ofthe plate I make ahandle, D, to allow the holder to be easilymanipulated. Extending around the front and end edges of the plate is aledge or iiange, E, which rises about onefourth of an inch above theupper surface of the plate, and is intended to prevent the sadironssliding off of the plate if it should, from any cause, become inclinedwhile it is hanging in front of a grate or stove. I usually constructthe plate with its handle, ange, hookbars, and hooks in one piece,although there is no objection to making any or all ot' the partsdetachable.

The operation of my-device is obvious. The rest is attached by its hooksto the upper bar of an open grate or to the front rim ot' a stove, andthe sad-irons are placed thereon upright on their larger ends, so thatthe lower or smoothing surface of the sad-iron is presented directly tothe front of the grate and to the direct action of the lire, while theopenings in the plate A admit of the passage upward of all the heatbelow, which would otherwise be deflected around the plate and away fromthe irons instead of, as now, coming directly to add its force to thevolume passing laterally from the fire out to the irons. The openings inthe plate also permit any ashes or cinders which may fall upon it todrop through, so that the free passage of the heat from below remainsunobstructed.

Another advantage derived from the use of my invention is that the facesof the sad-irons are not smoked or soiled, as is the case when they comein contact with the flame or the upper surface of a stove while beingheated.

I am aware that devices for supporting hatirons in front ot open gratesand stoves for the purpose of heating them are old, as are aprons orplates interposed between the bottom surface of the iron and the fire toprevent smoking; but thislatter featureIimprove upon and cinders, theencircling flange E, hook-bars G, hooks B, and handle D, all asdescribed, and for the purposes specited.

- In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC A. STE WART.

Witnesses:

JAs. MARET, XV. M. FISH.

